NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Computer Scientist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

Contribute to NIST research programs in next generation networking and distributed system technologies that result in demonstrable advances in emerging standards, and technology transfer that expedites the commercialization and deployment of such technologies. Collaborate with NIST programmatic activities including protocol design, standards development, rapid prototyping, open-source software development, design and execution of modeling and measurement experiments, data analysis and visualization, and publication of research results. Develop and maintain technical expertise in core Internet and next generation wireless technologies, cloud computing and virtualization technologies, and network security technologies.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. In addition to the above basic requirements: All applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of the specialized experience at the GS-9 level (ZP-II at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience in the design, implementation, test and evaluation of core network technologies including network management and control protocols (e.g., SNMP, gNMI, gRPC), routing and switching protocols (e.g., BGP, MPLS), and signaling protocols. Experience with the implementation and evaluation of network security protocols and cryptographic algorithms. Experience with 5G core network technologies, including 5G cloud-native virtualization environments (e.g, Kubernetes, Docker), and existing open source 5G core platforms such as ONF Aether, and Open5GCore. Experience in the use of large-scale simulation and emulation environments, including direct experience with network emulation and test technologies (e.g., Emulab, Docker, NS-3). OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR Combination of education and experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Wireless Networks Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Jason Travis
• Phone: 301-975-5998
• Email: [email protected]